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Introduction

Introduction

The Hall Effect

<ul> <li>Describe the Hall effect.</li> <li>Calculate the Hall emf across a current-carrying conductor.</li> </ul>

Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid

<ul> <li>Define pressure in terms of weight.</li> <li>Explain the variation of pressure with depth in a fluid.</li> <li>Calculate density given pressure and altitude.</li> </ul>

Acid-Base Balance

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Identify the most powerful buffer system in the body</li> <li>Explain the way in which the respiratory system affects blood pH</li> </ul>

Energy and Metabolism

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Explain what metabolic pathways are and describe the two major types of metabolic pathways</li> <li>Discuss how chemical reactions play a role in energy transfer</li> </ul>

The Ray Aspect of Light

<ul> <li>List the ways by which light travels from a source to another location.</li> </ul>

Sensory Perception

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe different types of sensory receptors</li> <li>Describe the structures responsible for the special senses of taste, smell, hearing, balance, and vision</li> <li>Distinguish how different tastes are transduced</li> <li>Describe the means of mechanoreception for hearing and balance</li> <li>List the supporting structures around the eye and describe the structure of the eyeball</li> <li>Describe the processes of phototransduction</li> </ul>

Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage

<ul> <li>Compare and contrast the voltage and the electromagnetic force of an electric power source.</li> <li>Describe what happens to the terminal voltage, current, and power delivered to a load as internal resistance of the voltage source increases (due to aging of batteries, for example).</li> <li>Explain why it is beneficial to use more than one voltage source connected in parallel.</li> </ul>

Pressures in the Body

<ul> <li>Explain the concept of pressure the in human body.</li> <li>Explain systolic and diastolic blood pressures.</li> <li>Describe pressures in the eye, lungs, spinal column, bladder, and skeletal system.</li> </ul>

The Cytoskeleton

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the cytoskeleton</li> <li>Compare the roles of microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules</li> <li>Compare and contrast cilia and flagella</li> <li>Summarize the differences among the components of prokaryotic cells, animal cells, and plant cells</li> </ul>

Gymnosperms

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Discuss the type of seeds produced by gymnosperms, as well as other characteristics of gymnosperms</li> <li>State which period saw the first appearance of gymnosperms and explain when they were the dominant plant life</li> <li>List the four groups of modern-day gymnosperms and provide examples of each</li> </ul>